Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-10-14
"WE ExHoRT T0U, SIR"

The language above is from the Drain
Echo of last week and refers to US
The whole article breathes dogmati
and dictatoriaI spirit. It says in sub
stance that man that does not take
the same view of suppressing the
whiskey traffic as he does, namely-Pro-
hibition, that he is purchaseable COM
modify at the hands Of whiskey men, is
timeseryer; that, if holding a politl-
cal office, he is not his own on such
questions; and he further intimates that
all persons that do not vote as he would
dictate are those who would "lead
young men to be drunkards, and young
ladies to be drunkards wives" Fur
thcr, he impugns motives, and arrogates
to himself the oficious position OF be-
coming the monitor Of all our conscien.
ces, and intelligence. Now young man,
permit little fatherly advice. In the
first place we have done as much for
the temperance cause as yourself, and
we will get to the polls on the 9th day
of November as early as yourself, and
vote as strongly for the amendment as
yourself, as We have always said ne
would, and now we would kindly sug-
gest to your bump Of dogmatism, of
which We are quite tired, that any man
or set Of men that questions the mo
tives of Other men upon the slightest
pretexts, and then proceeds, as you
have done, to stigmatize these same
men AS being dishonorable aud dishon
est, simply because they do not agree
with you is highly censurable, ane
shows the spirit that would character
ize an inquisition, or that would say
that an honest man was dishonest
when you knew the facts in the case
The man capable Of attributing falls
motives TO his brother, and finging in
sinuating inuendoes, such as, was dom
asst week by you, in our humble opin
ion makes rather q poor "exhorier.
But then you have said that We wer
an "Octopus." Well that "takes tn
cake" We confess that this was a Fl
nal argument. "The last resort" il
rhetoric is ridicule, and you make face
at us, and call us hard names, "Deyil
fish, Octopus" etc! 0 shades of tn
Drain State Normal school, to cast
shadow without veil upon such jour
nalistic erudition, honesty Of argument
and love for humanity, as issues fror
those classic dells aceakly, is marvs
In order to make point. to denounc
men who have been in the long fight fo
temperance at every turn in life, show
a species Of arrogance that is who'll
un.American, un- Democratic, and III
Republican. Would you undertake
/ say that every man that votes agair'
the amendment now pending is 'yi
sinner," (you did say it implicitly hov
over, last week. ana is making ''youn
men drunkards," and "young ladi'
drunkards wives2'-Even the 'gres
Octopus" of The REVIEW has bette
opinion Of you than that II it woul
not be invidious, we would "exhort
you sir, that when you make your M
dicinal decoctions, leave not trace {
alcohol in the tincture, lest you erous
a sleeping appetite in YOUR patient tha
will lead him again into life OF d.
bauchery. Our opinion is that til
spothecary "mote" that is in thine cy'
is more likely to do harm than the 'prt
hibitiop" fence rail that is in thy br'
thcfs (Octopus's) eye. No, brothel
the evils Of whiskey in this land al
untold, and no one feels it m ore deepl
than we, but the remedy, "there is til
rub. We may not make as much nois
as the Drain Echo about this prohlb
tion question, but we venture our el
penditures in dollars and cents in th
last twenty years to carry forward th
great cause Of temperance, has bee
FIVE to his one. We expect to fight t6
battle to the end, yet we will conced
that other people has some sense a
we'll as ourselves We did not load fo
Shear" this week, only for mice,
In the Corvallis Ga.ette Of la.